[179] This diary, first published in Le Rappel, was afterwards embodied in the series of Mme. Adam’s Souvenirs, of which it constitutes the fourth volume, entitled Mes Illusions et nos Souffrances pendant le siège de Paris.
[180] To Edmond de Goncourt (Journal under September 4, 1870) the 4th of September seemed a “grey day.” Jules Favre, Gouvernement de la Défense Nationale, I. 64, writes, “la journée ... se leva tiède et radieuse.”
[181] Souvenirs, IV. 23.
[182] For the complete list of members of the Government, see Jules Favre, Gouvernement de la Défense Nationale, I. 89.
[183] Souvenirs, IV. 40.
[184] Souvenirs, IV. 30.
[185] George Sand, Correspondance, VI. 29.
[186] Souvenirs, IV. 244.
[187] Souvenirs, IV. 62.
[188] Correspondance de George Sand, VI. 34.